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List Of Star Forts
This is a list of bastion forts. Angola * Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda Antigua and Barbuda * Fort James Bahrain * Forte de Barém - also known as the Qal'at al-Bahrain Brazil * Fort Orange (Fortaleza de Santa Cruz), Ilha de Itamaracá, State of Pernambuco * Forte de Tiago das Cinco Pontas, Recife, State of Pernambuco * Forte de São João Batista do Brum, Recife, State of Pernambuco *Fortaleza de São José de Macapá, Macapá, Amapá * Forte do Presépio, Belém, Pará *Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Fortaleza, Ceará (only two bastions remain) *Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Fernando de Noronha, State of Pernambuco * Fortaleza dos Reis Magos, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte *Forte de Santa Catarina, Cabedelo, ParaÃba * Forte de Santo Inácio de Tamandaré, Tamandaré, State of Pernambuco *Forte do Barbalho, Salvador, Bahia * Forte de São Lourenço, Itaparica, Bahia * Fortaleza de São João da Barra do Rio de Janeiro, Urca, Rio de J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coevorden
Coevorden (; nds-nl, Koevern) is a city and municipality in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands. During the 1998 municipal reorganisation in the province, Coevorden merged with Dalen, Sleen, Oosterhesselen and Zweeloo, retaining its name. In August 2017, it had a population of 35,267. Etymology The name ''Coevorden'' means "cow ford(s)" or "cow crossing", similar to ''Bosporus'' or ''Oxford''. History Coevorden received city rights in 1408. It is the oldest city in the province of Drenthe. The city was captured from the Spanish in 1592 by a Dutch and English force under the command of Maurice, Prince of Orange. The following year it was besieged by a Spanish force but the city held out until its relief in May 1594. Coevorden was then reconstructed in the early seventeenth century to an ''ideal city'' design, similar to Palmanova. The streets were laid out in a radial pattern within polygonal fortifications and extensive outer earthworks. The city of Coevorden i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
